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El Baton Robusto
The cigar today is the El Baton robusto from J.C. Newman. It’s their first Nicaraguan puro, and is made by Fabrica de Tabacos San Rafael S.A. It’s larger than a standard robusto at 54 ring gauge. Does it live up to it’s advertising slogan “Mucho flavor. Little dinero.”?
Poll: IPCPR Announcements
This week is the 77th annual International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association trade show, being held this year in New Orleans. Cigar makers, accessory manufacturers, and others take this opportunity to announce new products to the retailers who belong to the organization. Which new offering are you most excited about?
Rare Ash: Tatuaje Monster “The Frank”
Chris and I got the chance to smoke together again, and decided to review the Tatuaje Monster “The Frank”. The first of thirteen releases in the series, the Frank is a double corona, box-pressed wrapped in a veiny, oily Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper.
Mr. Punch says the winner is…
Wow, what a great contest! We have our winners for the “Nice Tight Ash and Mr. Punch Say…” contest. We received 110 qualifying entries. Once again, thanks to General Cigar Company for providing the prizes for the contest.
Sunday Fiver – August 2, 2009
A fiver of cigar stories from around the web for August 2, 2009.
Panacea Black Label Maduro
Today I’m reviewing the Panacea Black Label Maduro toro from Pennsylvania-based Flatbed Cigar Company. It’s a mild-medium bodied Dominican-made cigar sporting a Brazilian maduro wrapper and a price tag of under $6.
Redesigning Nice Tight Ash
We here at Nice Tight Ash are about to undertake an overhaul of the look and feel of the site. We’ve been up for close to 7 months now, and already the site has expanded in ways we couldn’t imagine. We never thought we’d add 2 more contributors by now, and video reviews were just a pie in the sky thought back in January. So to handle all of this content, we want to redesign the site. Don’t worry, the logo isn’t going anywhere.
Sunday Fiver – July 26, 2009
A fiver of cigar stories from around the web for July 26, 2009.
Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ Maduro
I’m sure most, if not all of you, are familiar with Jerry from Stogie Review. He lost his son JJ, his “little robusto,” a couple of years ago to SIDS, and in his memory Jerry promotes “Smoke a JJ for JJ Day,” in its second year. So today I’m reviewing the Series JJ Maduro Sublime by Don Pepin Garcia, a beautiful Nicaraguan puro that also comes in a natural version.
Sunday Fiver – July 19, 2009
A fiver of cigar stories from around the web for the week of July 19, 2009.